27 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
8 | If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it as a glorious robe. | Honesty. Sir.27.8-10 | πρὸ λογισμοῦ μὴ ἐπαινέσῃς ἄνδρα· οὗτος γὰρ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπων. |
9 | Birds flock with their kind; so truth returns to those who practice it. | Ἑὰν διώκῃς τὸ δίκαιον, καταλήμψῃ, καὶ ἐνδύσῃ αὐτὸ ὡς ποδήρη δόξης. | |
10 | A lion lies in wait for prey; so does sin for the workers of iniquity. | πετεινὰ πρὸς τὰ ὅμοια αὐτοῖς καταλύσει, καὶ ἀλήθεια πρὸς τοὺς ἐργαζομένους αὐτὴν ἐπανήξει. |